Should NATO Open Its Doors to Georgia?
Conflict with Russia has been an ever-present threat in the three decades since Georgia broke away from the collapsing Soviet Union.
Conflict with Russia has been an ever-present threat in the three decades since Georgia broke away from the collapsing Soviet Union.
The most oppressive of the former Soviet countries is run by a dictator with a strange cult of personality.
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the ballot initiative violated the "single subject" rule for constitutional amendments.
How Michel Foucault's encounters in Poland's heavily policed gay community informed his ideas
How the war on terror facilitated Communist China's repression of Uyghurs
The unique civic and economic role of voluntarism and charity has been a core part of American culture for centuries.
How Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ended up with relatively high degrees of economic freedom and political stability
Something to be grateful for.
A new report says many democracies have taken steps that are "disproportionate, unnecessary, or illegal" to curb COVID.
A federal magistrate judge in Colorado orders two attorneys to pay over $180K in fees to cover defendants' legal costs.
A look at Azerbaijan’s rampant corruption, unfair elections, and flimsy institutions
Restrictions have little chance of moving beyond political theater, or of winning compliance if passed.
30 years after the Soviet collapse, what happened to the Russian dream of a free economy?
Tajikistan remains economically underdeveloped despite plentiful natural resources.
"I have no doubt," Polish President Lech Wałęsa once said, that without John Paul II "the birth of Solidarity would not have been possible."
British political scientist David Runciman says the answer is "yes." And he makes a stronger case than you might think.
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"This is the nature of an authoritarian regime. You don't quite know where the boundaries of acceptable discourse are. Everything is uncertain."
Whether or not term limits for state legislators are wise, they are constitutional.
Maia Sandu, Moldova's new president, has cleverly positioned her new government as being in thrall neither to Moscow nor to Brussels.
Harris' attempts at evolving her political image away from being a law-and-order prosecutor have been disingenuous and unconvincing.
Why is it so hard for Uzbek citizens to get permission to travel abroad?
For two years in the 1930s, the people of Ukraine were forced to starve in service of a political idea.
Soviet rule promised abundance. Instead it brought misery and starvation.
In 1990s Prague, wonderful things happened in the chaotic space between the end of communism and the rise of its replacement.
A panel of the court will hear Trump’s challenge to the release of material on an expedited basis.
The day the Soviet flag was lowered for the last time
Children are too important to be entrusted to unions or government monopolies.
Authoritarianism and abundant natural resources make a treacherous combination in Kazakhstan.
Biden should denounce Cuba’s communist tyranny while pushing for more free trade with Cubans.
The members of Zeus fought for the freedom to be frikis. Then they joined the Castro government's official Agency of Rock.
Conflict between minority groups still lingers today
While I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose, November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.
Sometimes communist countries had to tolerate a little economic liberty just to survive.
The greatest chess player in modern history on how the Soviet Union lost to the free world.
So much for politicians, educators, and public health officials learning a damn thing from Tuesday's election.
In Buffalo, incumbent Byron Brown staged a successful write-in campaign against DSA-backed candidate India Walton. Elsewhere in the country, DSA candidates won their local races.
In Albuquerque, Augusta, and Denver, plans to borrow and spend on stadiums got soundly defeated on Election Day.
As exciting as it may sound to grab power and vanquish enemies, the only way to save America is to recommit to its original principles.
Books, films, and more related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative that makes "entheogenic plant" possession the city's "lowest law-enforcement priority."
Princess Leia shows us why hope is crucial for a liberty-oriented way of life.
Edward Durr's incredible upset victory over New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney is worth celebrating.
"Outside activities that may pose a conflict of interest to the executive branch of the State of Florida create a conflict for the University of Florida," said the university in a statement.
Exploring the long-tail consequences of the evil empire in its many forms
Remitting took off during the Soviet period and has remained high over the years due to lack of domestic economic opportunity.
The grandmaster and human rights activist talks about the lessons the world—especially American democratic socialists—must remember three decades after communism's collapse.